Bottles and cans for charities Share
There are collection containers from the Scout Movement at all SORPA recycling centres and some drop-off centres, where it is possible to donate deposit beverage containers to support their operation. The beverage containers do not need to be sorted or counted.
- Aluminium can
- Beer bottle
- Beer can
- Beverage containers
- Can
- Glass bottles
- Juice bottle
- Soda bottle
- Soda can
- Wine bottle
What happens to the material?
Endurvinnslan hf. accepts deposit beverage containers delivered to SORPA and bales aluminium cans and plastic packaging in presses. The packaging is then transported overseas for recycling. Recycled aluminium cans are used to manufacture new aluminium cans; and old plastic bottles are used to manufacture polyester wool – material that can be used in the clothing industry, carpet manufacture and more. Fleece clothes are the best-known product.
Glass bottles are crushed and are used as foundation material in landscaping at the landfill site of SORPA at Álfsnes.
Free
Not accepted
Not accepted
Clothing and reusable items
- Clothes and textiles
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- Reusable items
- Building material
- Bicycles
- Shoes
Metals and other recyclables
Garden waste
- Garden waste
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- Grass and hay
- Grass and hay
- Hay from animal husbandry
- Soil and excavation material
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- Tree branches
- Tree branches
- Tree branches - chipped
Glass and minerals
Wood
Mixed ordinary wastes and bulky waste
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- Mixed municipal waste and similar waste
- Household waste and similar wastes
- Foodstuffs in packaging
- Compressible waste from construction and demolition
- Waste from waste treatment stations
Overlay materials
Electrical equipment and hazardous waste
- Asbestos
- Light bulbs
- Medicines
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- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators
- Small electrical equipment
- Display screens
- Large electric equipment
- Computers, printers and telephones
- Vehicle batteries
- Batteries
- Hazardous waste
